To make your own Slide Presentation:
Click on the red New button
Choose "Slides"
Click on that to make a new set of slides.
Title your presentation. (roll your mouse over the title and add your own title)
Begin with the first slide.
Click on "New Slide" to add a slide.
Create your set of slides.

Click on the blue "Share" button to decide who you will share with. Put their email addresses in the box and click on the arrow by "can edit" to decide if you want them to be able to simply "view" (make no changes) or "edit" (make changes) or "comment" on the slide presentation. Choose one.
Click Done



Adding to Class Project -- BE CAREFUL TO NOT CHANGE OR DELETE ANOTHER STUDENT'S SLIDE!

Click on the link you are given by the teacher.

Click on "Slide"

Click on "New Slide"

Create YOUR OWN slide in the set of slides.

You do not need to save it. It will be saved automatically.




WARNING: BE very careful how you use : Photos, Pictures, Images:


Be VERY careful about the images you use. DO NOT use random images you find on the internet because most of them are licensed in some way. The fines are high if you get caught.


To get the permissions you need is so complicated I do not recommend you do it.


Solutions:
  1. Take your own photos.
  2. Pixabay has free images you can use.
  3. Photos for Classhas added all the attribution material to the images they provide.
  4. Google Slides provides images you can safely use for teaching purposes. I would not publish them in any way on the internet.
  5. Photopin you can grab a photo for free and the attribution information is there to grab as well.
  6. https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ has photos you can use, categorized under different licenses.
  7. creativecommons.org offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations.